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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 349 | Billy Martin of Good Charlotte: Lifestyle of the Artist & Gamer

Please welcome to the show, Billy Martin! Billy is an accomplished comic book artist, composer, and the guitarist of the acclaimed pop-punk band Good Charlotte. One thing you may not know about Billy, though, is that he also loves video games! After Billy and I (Dustin) got acquainted a few months back, I knew I needed to pick his brain a bit. So, in this conversation, we cover everything from touring and being in Good Charlotte to successfully charting another course as a comic book artist, and the continual hustle to break into the video game music composition space. This is primarily a video game show, so we also discuss what it was like having Good Charlotte songs in various video games, gaming on the road, Billyโ€™s current tastes, and how games like Elden Ring inspired him to try composing in the industry. It was an honor to conduct this interview, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did recording it.

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 349 | Billy Martin of Good Charlotte: Lifestyle of the Artist & Gamer

Comments

This was great, I am feeling inspired with my hobbies after listening. Thanks!

Adrien Morris

Holy shit

Devon McCarty

Fucking wicked ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป๐Ÿค™๐Ÿป Good shit Dustin

Andrew Morgan

This is awesome. Billy Martin is a great guest. Insightful, interesting, and wholesome! Not going to lie, wasn't expecting that, and it's really refreshing. Dustin really showcasing a talent here in interviewing. Like Colin, giving the guest room to breath and speak. Gentle direction. Not too much, not too little. Great job all around.

James McGivern

I'm quite far away from being a good charlotte fan but it was one of the most positive person I've heard in a while. Great guest and thank you for spending your time with LSM :)

tejotl

This is insane, what a trip, favorite band when I was growing up! I probably wouldnโ€™t recommend Death Stranding though for how slow and complicated it is

DeathByClams

Really interesting fella

Daddy T

Great interview. I think Billy would like Final Fantasy 16 based on his criteria.

JustAnotherDean

Also hereโ€™s the commercial they did for Donkey Konga 2 for anyone interested: https://youtu.be/ECfvooJmY0M?si=yOCurp2xw0dPkAOj Totally remember seeing this on TV back in the day.

Paul Waltz

This interview was absolutely INCREDIBLE! I was locked in the entire time. It touched on so many levels that were special for me. Music, guitar, nostalgia, behind-the-scenes of the gaming industry, and Donkey Konga?! Good Charlotte was a big part of expanding my musical tastes as a kid. My cousin had me listen to The Young and The Hopeless and I was hooked. Way to go, Dustin. One of my favorite + episodes ever.

Paul Waltz

Great episode!

Ben Haner

Bro!

Anthony Rented

Shout out to Nu Metal commentator extraordinaire Finn McKenty for linking you two up, gotta get him on Constellation one of these days.

Craig Carter

Wtf man hell yes dude

Otacon_Ocelot

This is so awesome

Lewis Pope

Holy shit Dustin, this is so cool. Canโ€™t wait to listen/watch

Connor Reese

They were semi local to us growing up in Silver Spring, MD. I still remember my first concert seeing them for free. They randomly shut down a Tower records I believe? They played from the second story of the shop and I swear that place was almost ripped apart by fans. It was pretty rad

Born-Blind

Dustin ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ this is crazy dude, hell yeah

KendrickLuck

Holy shit

Nick

Holy fuck awesome get! I love Good Charlotte!

Joe B

I knew it would be a musician, I just didn't know it would be from Good Charlotte. My best guess was someone from Thrice or some local Philly Pop Punk band. The pie in the sky idea was that someone from Iron Maiden was made aware of Dustin's love for them and was also interested in talking about gaming. But that was a long shot. Congrats Dustin and I look forward to listening to this!

Austin Abbott

Awesome idea!

James McGivern

This was not on my bingo card. Nice one guys!

Joe McPartlin

WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE

Bananahamecake

Awesome!!!

TommySozo

How am I even seeing this right now? Absolutely nuts! Well done!

Rick Rodriguez

Wow thatโ€™s awesome!

Ross Stoddart

That's actually crazy. Love it haha

Dieter Hoeller

Very unexpected. Awesome!

StewDog

Wow nice get

RD_21

This is wild! Looking forward to listening

Jon Cordeiro

Nice!

BatmanBeyond

Oh this is the best thing Iโ€™ve seen in some time omg what a crossover

A Hind D

This is wild and freaking awesome, I grew up listening to Good Charlotte, crazy crossover!!

The Late Nate

Yo! This is so sick!!!!

WalknTalknStvnHwkn

Whoa! That's wild. Can't wait for this one.

Daniel

This is sick!!!!!

Zack Apuzzo

Holy shit.

Forrest Hunter

YO WHAT THE FUUUUCK!? This is unreal! Grew up on Good Charlotte. Canโ€™t wait to give this episode a listen!

Adrian Pinter

Dustin living his dream. You love to see it.

Riley Brewer

Okay dude, what the frick

Mark Burn

What the heck! Your right we would have never guessed!!

AJ The Turtle UA GB

Super random, love it!

Boomboom Washington

This was not on my bingo card! Holy shit!

Mykal


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